Went into hospital on thurs for a small op on ovaries under general anaesthetic. Called in for 9am op was not performed until 5 although they kept telling me it would be in the next half hour. I told them when I arrived that I was breastfeeding, dd 9 months so can go a good while without feed, I do not express. By 5pm I was stressing as I was worried about her. Had op, they didn't give me any anti sickness drugs as they said they would pass over in the milk. When I told the anaesthetist I bf "how extraordinary...do you think you'll continue when she starts school!" Laughing his head off in front of junior doctors. I felt quite humiliated and then the surgeon arrived, "ah here we have the lady who thinks she should be moved up the list because she still feeds her baby in the night". I did not ask to be moved up the list , I had commented that I had nothing to eat or drink since the night before and that as I was still feeding I would have appreciated a light breakfast and could have brought my dd in to feed had I known I was going to be last on the list. Anyway come round from ga, op took longer than we thought and I was very poorly so they said I had to stay in. I said was reluctant because of dd, she won't take a bottle at all, not really a great water drinker. Doctor says "surely baby doesn't need a feed now that they're 9 months" and "if you starve her out she'll have to take a bottle!" I asked if I could bring dd in to feed and was told it was out of the question, I was the only person on the post op ward being kept in but apparently it would be too disruptive. So I self discharged. The whole experience made me feel like a freak. Dh says I am too emotional and its not worth complaining about. What do you think?